The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... means ' is moving at a given instant ' , and this is meaningless . Although this argument resolves the paradox of the arrow from a purely logical and semantic point of view , it does not entirely dispose of the question from the point ...
... means ' is moving at a given instant ' , and this is meaningless . Although this argument resolves the paradox of the arrow from a purely logical and semantic point of view , it does not entirely dispose of the question from the point ...
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... means of a ruler is necessarily fundamental in physics , because it is the only measurement which does not involve reference to other types of physical magnitude . Despite its superficial plausibility this argument is invalid , for the ...
... means of a ruler is necessarily fundamental in physics , because it is the only measurement which does not involve reference to other types of physical magnitude . Despite its superficial plausibility this argument is invalid , for the ...
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... mean that , in some mysterious non - temporal sense of ' is ' , there is a rainy event that momentarily possessed the quality of presentness which it has since lost and acquired instead the quality of pastness . What the sentence means ...
... mean that , in some mysterious non - temporal sense of ' is ' , there is a rainy event that momentarily possessed the quality of presentness which it has since lost and acquired instead the quality of pastness . What the sentence means ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
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